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. >>> the u.s. opens fire on libya. what prompted the president's decision and how gadhafi is reacting. >> and swept away by the tsunami. what became of the driver. >> good evening, a stormy day and we're not in the clear yet. another wave of heavy rain and strong winds is moving in at this hour. meteorologist, lawrence has more on that in a minute, but our team coverage begins with don knapp in san francisco and the mess left behind by the storm so far. don. >> and this wet and wild weekend is about to get a little wilder with the wind warnings coming up. there are wind advisories all the way down to the 50-mile an hour winds on the golden gate tonight and on the san mateo bridge. the big rigs and box trucks are restricted. that wind has already done damage on land. >> crews work to cut up and remove a 90-foot oak that crashed on to a house on walnut creek this evening. dropping the tree on to the roof, knocking out skylights and poking holes. no one was hurt. earlier today, wind and rain shut down highway 84 between s
. >>> the u.s. opens fire on libya. what prompted the president's decision and how gadhafi is reacting. >> and swept away by the tsunami. what became of the driver. >> good evening, a stormy day and we're not in the clear yet. another wave of heavy rain and strong winds is moving in at this hour. meteorologist, lawrence has more on that in a minute, but our team coverage begins with don knapp in san francisco and the mess left behind by the storm so far. don. >> and...
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. >> reporter: the u.s. led the operations for more than a week to take out gadaffi's air defenses and establish a no fly zone but now nato agreed to take over command. rebels handed out food to civilians one day after recapturing the strategic coastal town. on sunday the opposition pushed west and controls all the main oil term nams in eastern libya. one rebel claims there was no resistance at all from forces loyal to gadaffi. >> based on the intelligence and what our military is seeing, the gadaffi forces are withdrawing. >> reporter: the united nation's security council meets monday getting an update on the situation in libya. president obama addresses the nation later in the evening. >> i think the military mission has gone quite well. >> reporter: defense secretary robert gates says the u.s. would begin reducing its forces committed to libya within weeks. but he doesn't think if anyone know's if military operations will be over by year's end. reporting from the united nations. >>> another earthquake sca
. >> reporter: the u.s. led the operations for more than a week to take out gadaffi's air defenses and establish a no fly zone but now nato agreed to take over command. rebels handed out food to civilians one day after recapturing the strategic coastal town. on sunday the opposition pushed west and controls all the main oil term nams in eastern libya. one rebel claims there was no resistance at all from forces loyal to gadaffi. >> based on the intelligence and what our military is...
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u.s. navy corman apress ties. e he was severely injured in afghanistan when his vehicle was hit by an explosive device. today, a grateful community welcomed him home. >> it feels good. i'm glad to be home. glad to be with my family. you guys are awesome. you are really nice to do this for me. >> today's tribute focused on his heroism. we also made fun of the car he arrived in. it's not it. >> more than 150,000orchids on display this weekend. lock at this unique flower. orchids are the divas and they are exotic and difficult to grow. there are exhibits that explain the complex methods and ways they adapt to a variety of hemp saids. the run is through tomorrow. >> mine only looked like that once. once the flowers dive, that's it. >> we are getting rine for a second. we have the rain outside now. scattered showers, most of that light stuff, but indeed, it's wet around the wee area. the rain continues to fall ute and will likely pick up add we head into the early morning. high deaf moisture picking up all the moisture
u.s. navy corman apress ties. e he was severely injured in afghanistan when his vehicle was hit by an explosive device. today, a grateful community welcomed him home. >> it feels good. i'm glad to be home. glad to be with my family. you guys are awesome. you are really nice to do this for me. >> today's tribute focused on his heroism. we also made fun of the car he arrived in. it's not it. >> more than 150,000orchids on display this weekend. lock at this unique flower. orchids...
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the teams arrived >>> rescue teams from the u.s. are arriving in japan including one from los angeles. the teams arrived with search dogs and cargo plane loaded with supplies joining similar groups from britain and germany. emergency responders from northern california are getting ready to go in case they get called to japan and some of sacramento's most valuable members are the search and rescue tax forces pod partners. we are shown how they are brushing up on their skills. >> reporter: we have seen the devestation in japan from the massive earthquake. now soon these four legged life savers right here in sacramento could be going to help. >> we are waiting by the phone to get the call. >> reporter: in the meantime members of the sacramento fire department and california task force 7 are training just in case. >> we can clear this whole side in probably 10 or 15 minutes where it would take somebody pulling rocks maybe a day or so. >> reporter: the dogs skilled at urban search and rescue. sniffing out live human beings, survivors bur
the teams arrived >>> rescue teams from the u.s. are arriving in japan including one from los angeles. the teams arrived with search dogs and cargo plane loaded with supplies joining similar groups from britain and germany. emergency responders from northern california are getting ready to go in case they get called to japan and some of sacramento's most valuable members are the search and rescue tax forces pod partners. we are shown how they are brushing up on their skills. >>...
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u.s. marines have started flying much needed emergency supplies into the hardest hit areas. >> the tsunami that raced across the pacific slammed into northern california ports. it caused so much damage that some harbors remain closed tonight. >>> from the water we get a closer look at the damage left by the tsunami in the santa cruz harbor. >> it's devastating. >> reporter: they're assessing the damage after a series of surges hit friday morning smashing boats together sinking at least 18 of them and ripping docks apart. >> there's a lot of damage as you go down each individual fair way here, but it's unsafe to go down there. we're unsure what's under us. >> reporter: much of the debris is still under water, some of it is being pulled out. >> there's always pollution concern, especially when we don't know what was on board. >> reporter: they're looking for the sheen of oil in this americay water. >> all of the boats that are on the bottom are pleasure craft. >> reporter: which means they c
u.s. marines have started flying much needed emergency supplies into the hardest hit areas. >> the tsunami that raced across the pacific slammed into northern california ports. it caused so much damage that some harbors remain closed tonight. >>> from the water we get a closer look at the damage left by the tsunami in the santa cruz harbor. >> it's devastating. >> reporter: they're assessing the damage after a series of surges hit friday morning smashing boats...